This is an analysis of the poem Éros that begins with:

Comme, au bord de ce lit, par-delà ce vitrail,
Cette femme est posée avec désinvolture !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XabXXXa X c ddXXXX e XXXXf XcXXXg XXXXXX XhXXXa XXeiie X XXjX XX dXXXXj XXXXXk XX XXXg lljXmX X lXXXXi XXXXXf XXXXXX X XXXi XX XXeXXX XdXXdX XX XXXX X bbXk XXXXXd XXXXXXXXXXXdmXhXXeX XXXddXX X XXXXXX Xj jXXXXXXXXXiXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,1,1,6,1,5,6,6,6,6,1,4,2,6,6,2,4,6,1,6,6,6,1,4,2,6,6,2,4,1,4,6,19,7,1,6,2,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111110 1101110100 1110111110 11011110110 10110111111 11011101 11010101111 111101110 01111110 10011111010 101011101 1 1 111111110 111110111011 1111001001 1010110111 1101110111 1100110 101111111 1011110100 110111110111 1110111011 0101011001 111111 1001110110 11101111111 1011011110 10111111010 1101011010 0111101 10111111111111 111011111110 110011111010 11101110011 1111110100 10110001 10100011000 111101011101 111111010 11111101100 111110010 10110101 111010100111 10110010011 01010111010 1110011101101 1111100101 111100110 1 111111101100 111001111101 011111110011 11110111100 110110011100 110010 10111111001 110001110010 111001110010 11111110 1111101110 01100101 1110111010 110111111010 110010011010 1111101011100 1110111110 110001 10110011010 11010111011 1110111111 11011101000 110111100100 1111101 11101111110 101111010 1110011010 1111111110 011000111010 100010 1 1111011110 1101111111 1111110110010 110111011 101001010 1111111 1111111111111 1111111101 11111111110011 1111110111100 111110100010 1100101 1110101100 10110111100 11101110110 1110110100 111111101110 1011100 1 1111010100011 011110011 1110010101100 111111110110 1111101101110 111001 1111010101111 11000111101 101011111011 1101101001100 110111110000 1110100 11011100111 111110111 1100011110 11001111001 11101111 11010111 111111111100 1011100111000 11101011110 1011010101 10110011011 11011011 1 111101110 111011101110 110111110010 11011010111 1111110111 111010010 11110110111100 1100110100 111010110101 111100111011 0101111110010 01100101010 1111111111101 1111110110011 101011110 1101101011 11111011111 10000011011 110111110100 10100111000 10111011010 11101111101 11010111101 11101101010 110101111011 1111011010 11011011000 11001111010 1111001110000 110100111000 1111011100 011001010 10110111101 111111010101 11001111010 010100111100 10 01010111111 1001011101 100001100010 101110101110 10111111 1110101101 1111101100 1011011110 1101011011 110111101111 111111110111110 11101101101110 110111110 1111011110 110110000 011011000 010111111000 1101001010 11000111111 11011010111 1111101101 11101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 193
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, d, ve, de, si, je, et, les, une, sa, il, vous, un, se, adieu are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words d, les, , de, je, vous are repeated.

    The author used the same word puis at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tombe, e, re, ve, me, , rieur, pris, robe are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Éros;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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